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The Python Workshop Second Edition

You're reading from   The Python Workshop Second Edition Write Python code to solve challenging real-world problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804610619
Length 600 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (5):
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Mario Corchero Jiménez Mario Corchero Jiménez
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Andrew Bird Andrew Bird
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Corey Wade Corey Wade
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Graham Lee Graham Lee
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Dr. Lau Cher Han Dr. Lau Cher Han
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Python Fundamentals – Math, Strings, Conditionals, and Loops 2. Chapter 2: Python Data Structures FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Executing Python – Programs, Algorithms, and Functions 4. Chapter 4: Extending Python, Files, Errors, and Graphs 5. Chapter 5: Constructing Python – Classes and Methods 6. Chapter 6: The Standard Library 7. Chapter 7: Becoming Pythonic 8. Chapter 8: Software Development 9. Chapter 9: Practical Python – Advanced Topics 10. Chapter 10: Data Analytics with pandas and NumPy 11. Chapter 11: Machine Learning 12. Chapter 12: Deep Learning with Python 13. Chapter 13: The Evolution of Python – Discovering New Python Features 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

String interpolation

When writing strings, you may want to include variables in the output. String interpolation includes the variable names as placeholders within the string. There are two standard methods for achieving string interpolation: comma separators and format.

Comma separators

Variables may be interpolated into strings using commas to separate clauses. It’s similar to the + operator, except it adds spacing for you.

Look at the following example, where we add Ciao within a print statement:

italian_greeting = 'Ciao'
print('Should we greet people with', italian_greeting, 
  'in North Beach?')

The output is as follows:

Should we greet people with Ciao in North Beach?

f-strings

Perhaps the most effective way to combine variables with strings is with f-strings. Introduced in Python 3.6, f-strings are activated whenever the f character is followed by quotations. The advantage is that any variable inside curly...

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